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Beijing nervously returns to work as China doubles down on 'zero-COVID' policy

Beijing residents tentatively returned to work on Thursday after a muted five-day Labour Day holiday devoid of the usual trips across the country or lavish family dinners, as China pledged to fight any criticism of its uncompromising "zero-COVID" policy.

Reuters

‘No end in sight’: In Beijing, fears of Shanghai-style lockdown

Officials in Chinese capital have designated 518 coronavirus outbreak sites amid growing fears of a city-wide lockdown.

Al Jazeera

Shanghai reports 13 new COVID-related deaths for May 4, versus 16 a day earlier

China's eastern financial hub of Shanghai reported 13 new COVID-19 deaths for May 4, down from 16 a day earlier, the local government said in a statement on Thursday.

Reuters

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De Well Files for Hong Kong IPO, Flush With New Ties to Cainiao

Key Takeaways: • Global logistics services provider De Well has filed for a Hong Kong IPO, aiming to boost its footprint on booming demand for cross-border e-commerce

Benzinga

New Tesla Plant To Make Shanghai "World's Largest Vehicle Export Hub"

The new facility, which will be built near the existing plant, will produce Model 3 and Model Y cars when the first phase of construction is completed.

InsideEVs

Beijing imposes new transit restrictions in bid to contain COVID

As Omicron spreads, officials in China’s capital city are trying to avoid the kind of mass lockdown seen in Shanghai.

Al Jazeera

People In Shanghai Use NFTs To Skirt Censorship And Record Harsh COVID-19 Lockdown Experiences

Shanghai's residents are preserving memories of their strict COVID-19 lockdown by minting videos, photos, and artworks as NFTs (non fungible tokens) while skirting Chinese censors, according to a Reuters report.

Benzinga

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Tesla Confirms Plans For New Shanghai Plant That Would Double China Capacity

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has confirmed plans to build a second manufacturing plant in Shanghai as it looks to double production capacity in China, Reuters

Benzinga

Beijing Closes Dozens of Subway Stations as Covid Controls Tighten

Beijing closed dozens of subway stations on Wednesday, as Covid restrictions slowly constrict movement across the Chinese capital of over 21 million people.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing reopens mass isolation centre in fight against Covid

Chinese capital ramps up efforts to control Omicron outbreak and avoid lockdowns

The Guardian - AU

Beijing steps up COVID curbs as virus spreads in China

Beijing shut scores of metro stations and bus routes and extended COVID-19 curbs on many public venues on Wednesday, focusing efforts to avoid the fate of Shanghai, where millions have been under strict lockdown for more than a month.

Reuters

Outcry in China after Shanghai aged care resident was wrongly declared dead and sent to morgue in body bag

Five people are under investigation after an elderly resident at the care home was mistakenly declared dead, placed in a body bag and loaded into a car bound for the morgue.

ABC News

Oil Slips on China Demand Worries, While EU Weighs Russia Oil Ban

Oil slipped about 1% on Tuesday as concerns about the demand outlook due to prolonged COVID lockdowns in China outweighed support from a possible European oil embargo on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. Beijing, reporting dozens of new cases daily, is mass-testing residents to avert a lockdown similar to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Outcry in Shanghai as person declared dead and put in body bag found to be alive

Incident prompts concerns over city’s overwhelmed medical system during weeks-long Omicron lockdowns

The Guardian - AU

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Some in Shanghai get out for a rare stroll; Beijing tightens COVID curbs

Some of Shanghai's 25 million people managed to get out on Tuesday for short walks and shopping after enduring more than a month under a COVID-19 lockdown, while China's capital, Beijing, focused on mass tests and said it would keep schools closed.

Daily Mirror

Covid 'victim' pulled out of body bag alive moments before he was due to be cremated

An investigation is under way after a resident at a nursing home in Shanghai was arranged to be taken away for cremation before undertakers noticed his body bag was moving

Reuters

Shanghai reports 20 new COVID-related deaths, down from 32 a day earlier

China's eastern financial hub Shanghai reported 20 new COVID-19 deaths on May 2, down from 32 a day earlier, the local government said on Tuesday.

ABC News

Australians stuck in Shanghai's COVID lockdown beg consular officials to help them flee

Some Australians caught up in Shanghai's extreme five-week lockdown say the Australian government has done little to help its citizens in distress, and they're pleading with Canberra to arrange charter flights to get them home.

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Shanghai Officials Investigated After Nursing Home Resident Sent to Funeral Parlor Found Alive

In a viral video on Sunday, a voiceover from what appears to be a witness alleges that funeral home staff returned the senior resident to the nursing home, as the elderly person was found to be still alive

The Independent UK

Shanghai COVID outbreak shows signs of waning as cases fall

The COVID-19 outbreak that has shut down most of Shanghai appears to be waning

Bangkok Post

Some Shanghai residents sent out of city in overnight Covid raids

SHANGHAI: In the middle of the night, Shanghai resident Lucy said she and her neighbours were forced into buses and taken hundreds of kilometres away from the locked-down Chinese metropolis to a makeshift quarantine centre.

Daily Mirror

Man convinced he has Covid seals himself inside car creating makeshift quarantine unit

The unnamed Beijing resident took self-isolation to the extreme when he shut himself inside his car upon learning he'd been exposed to coronavirus, not even opening the door to get food

Bangkok Post

China contagion threatens to derail the world’s emerging markets

A widespread selloff in China is rippling through emerging markets, threatening to snuff out growth and drag down everything from stocks to currencies and bonds.

Reuters

Setback for Shanghai's COVID battle as Beijing ramps up mass testing

China's commercial capital of Shanghai was dealt a blow on Monday as authorities reported 58 new COVID-19 cases outside areas under strict lockdown, while Beijing pressed on with testing millions of people on a May Day holiday few were celebrating.

Newsroom.co.nz

Kyung Yup Kim, China and NZ's extradition laws

A woman was killed in Shanghai in 2009. A New Zealand resident, Kyung Yup Kim, is accused of her murder. China wants him extradited - why is it taking so long?

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